Canaplan sees Brazilian mills using up to 66% of cane for ethanol in 2019/20

In Brazil, Reuters reports that Canaplan has increased its estimate of cane crushed for ethanol production during the 2019/20 season to between 65.5% and 66%, jumping from its estimate in April at the start of the crush of 62%. As a result, ethanol production for the season could reach 29.5 billion liters from its April estimate of 28 billion liters. Many analysts had expected mills to produce more sugar compared to ethanol than was the case last year but Canaplan said it changed its estimate based on what it has seen mills do during the first two months of the official crushing period.